How to Use epicenter in a Sentence

epicenter

noun
  • Key streets are going to be blocked off at the epicenter of the draft.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Colton got a shaking, at about a mile from the quake’s epicenter.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • He was thrilled that his home state has been the epicenter of the hockey world for the past month.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
  • That city was the epicenter of this blend of guitars with club music.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2021
  • There are no islands or buoys between the epicenter and the land.
    — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Auckland, which is the epicenter of the outbreak, will start at red.
    — NBC News, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The epicenter was about 3 miles west of Davis, at a depth of 3 miles.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The epicenter of the shaving world won’t be moving far.
    — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
  • This had been the epicenter of the software carnage.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Even those of us that live far from the epicenter of these fires spent a lot of the summer breathing their smoke.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The spring before that, the city was the epicenter of the pandemic.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The ripples reappear, and in the epicenter, a hand emerges from the water.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The epicenter of the losses is in growth stocks which were the first to crack and helped usher in the bear market.
    — Bill Stone, Forbes, 3 July 2022
  • The epicenter was roughly 6 miles east of Sparks, at a depth of 1 mile.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • But such bright spots are rare at the quake’s epicenter, where families keep vigil at search sites.
    — Juan Pablo Arraez, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • The epicenter was about 1 mile southwest of Huron, at a depth of 4 miles.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026
  • The epicenter was about 6 miles west of Rio Dell, at a depth of 5 miles.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The epicenter was about 5 miles east of Ridgecrest, at a depth of 4 miles.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The epicenter was about 7 miles north of Stagecoach, at a depth of 3 miles.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Since then, it’s turned into an epicenter of turmoil and heartbreak.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Thousands have fled Tehran, the epicenter of the attacks.
    — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The earthquake struck at a depth of 5 miles, with its epicenter about 3 miles north of Dublin.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The epicenter was about 35 miles west of Petrolia, at a depth of 6 miles.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Testing labs have been set up in Lubbock, close to the epicenter of the outbreak.
    — Neha Mukherjee, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Another works to make the city a music epicenter.
    — Sharon Chin, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • All of the deaths have so far occurred in São Paulo, the epicenter of the crisis.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Carabobo, one of the regions closest to one of the epicenters, also appears to be hard-hit.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
  • The epicenter was roughly 12 miles north of Barstow, at a depth of 1 mile.
    — Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
  • The second quake had a depth of about 6 miles, and its epicenter was southwest of Morón.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • Historic Township Hall once again serves as the epicenter of the event.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2022

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